Previous DayI have first hand experience with this worm...
Talkback The connections it made outbound crashed the firewall and brought the Internet down constantly... It's not exactly a one click removal either! Please PATCH YOUR SYSTEMS NOW!
Satyam chief quits over financial irregularities
News B Ramalinga Raju described trying to close the gap between fictionalised revenue and actual turnover as 'like riding a tiger, not knowing how to get off without being eaten'
400 IT jobs to go at Barclays
News The bank has cut hundreds of permanent and contractor posts, and unions warn more retrenchments may follow
EC raids smartcard firms in cartel investigation
News A number of semiconductor companies with premises in Europe have been raided by European Commission anti-competition inspectors
Intel warns of $2bn revenue shortfall
News The chipmaking giant has lopped $2bn off its fourth-quarter revenue forecast, suggesting that the quarter will show a 23 percent year-on-year revenue drop
Win a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbook
Competition The final, fabulous prize in ZDNet UK's seasonal competition series is a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbook
Media and MacBook updates in spotlight at Macworld
Photo Led by vice president Phil Schiller, the Jobs-less presentation included a 17-inch MacBook Pro and DRM-free songs in iTunes
RE:Should mobile developers look East for ARPU inspiration?
Blog Comment I must admit I love the mobile marketplace, yet as a developer I really can't see what the killer application is likely to be. Realistically, who the hell wants to watch TV broadcasts on a piddly 3...
Cisco releases WebEx app for iPhone 3G
Blog Cisco has released a web conferencing and collaboration application for the iPhone. The WebEx Meeting Center app lets users join and collaborate in WebEx meetings from their Apple handsets, via...
Worm surge exploits Microsoft vulnerability
News A surge in worm activity for a patched Microsoft flaw means IT professionals need to apply the update, says F-Secure
Palm drops all PDA info on website clearing way for new phone tomorrow ?
Blog Have a look a the new visual centric palm.com website -all high res pictures and clean simple lines just three phones on the main pages, it all must be clearing the way for some big announcement. I...
Apple's lack of taste mars Macworld keynote
Leader Apple ended its Macworld years on Monday with a dangerous carelessness belying its careful image
Macworld 2009: A roundup of keynote highlights
News This year's Macworld keynote presentation may not have revealed any groundbreaking news, but there were still some noteworthy announcements
Twitter hack details revealed
News A brute-force attack on an admin's account was behind the hacking of Twitter feeds belonging to celebrities such as Barack Obama and Britney Spears
Bogus celebrity LinkedIn profiles hide malware
News Security researchers have warned that links on the network purporting to offer nude shots of celebrities such as Beyoncé Knowles and Victoria Beckham lead to malware
Sun acquires cloud company Q-layer
News Software from Q-layer is designed to help companies simplify the management and deployment of datacentre applications
HP says latest netbook is business-ready
News HP's latest low-cost subnotebook has a few extra features that mark it out as suitable for business use, the manufacturer has claimed
Seagate launch drive with 500GB on single platter
Blog Seagate and Toshiba both launched new disk drives this week offering 500GB capacity which is emerging as the new industry standard for a basic disk drive. The Seagate drive offers 500GB on a...
VMware snaps up former Borland CEO
News Tod Nielsen is to become chief operating officer at the company, where he hooks up with his former boss from Microsoft, VMware chief Paul Maritz
RE:Danger! High energy X-rays! From Sellotape?
Blog Comment Just spotted this one Rupert It sounds like a phenomenon I spotted years ago. When you split open the seal of a self-sealing envelope. You briefly get a blue glow where the sheets split, visible...
Barclays set to make all debit cards contactless
News The bank aims to replace its entire fleet of debit cards with new cards featuring contactless-payment functionality by 2011
Sackings not the answer
Talkback Even if it is correct to assume that written instructions were not followed it would not necessarily be acceptable for the person who lost the device to be sacked. It would have to be clear that...
Cisco launches social-networking for businesses
News The world's largest maker of internet infrastructure equipment is now helping big media companies build social-networking websites
Online maps detail local crime levels
News The service is now available to the public across England and Wales, allowing people to keep an eye on the performance of their local police forces
HP offers cash in exchange for old tech
News The company has expanded its recycling program in the US from a trade-in credit system to no-strings cheques, though consumers must pay for shipments
Hospitals told to allow more mobile-phone use
News Updated government guidelines say patients should be allowed to use their handsets wherever it is safe, but the proposals face opposition from an NHS workers' body
Ambition and Corruption, Fellow Travelers
Talkback As we've been getting massive doses of lately, public officials aren't above turning corrupt especially when it lines their pockets. Planting evidence can justify a considerable amount of increased...
Mobile Security and the MD5 Hack: Day Trading By Mobile Beware
Blog Mobile Security and the MD5 Hack: Day Trading By Mobile Beware Author: Eric Everson, Founder MyMobiSafe.com It seems that we can do as much or more from our phones today than we could from our...
RE:Should mobile developers look East for ARPU inspiration?
Blog Comment Hi Adrian. That's funny 'cos I also went on orange pay as you go and found it to be far more cost effective (all right cheaper) than being stuck on a contract. And if I'm abroad and really want to...
Should mobile developers look East for ARPU inspiration?
Blog It’s a couple of years now since I got the chance to write for a well-known international newspaper on how the ever-changing telecoms market was going to throw up a new batch of opportunities for...
